I’m back !

I have been really, really shit of late. Looking at the blog, I don’t think I’ve blogged properly since… erm… September I think.

How shit is that? Actually don’t answer that – I know how shit it is.

So here’s a quick run down on what’s been going on Chez Cherry Red:

October

First there [...]

Dear So and So…. The whine edition

Firslty, apologies that my first pop in months is whiney. But hey… needs must

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Dear Girl

The Argos catalogue is not a pre-made list of things for you to want and/or demand.

IF you make it to your 6th birthday THEN we can talk about what you can have.

Until then – please for [...]

Introducing… mini geek

The Hot Geek has turned The Girl into a Mini Geek

 

 

cybermummy and me

I know we’re in September and #cybermummy seems like it was months ago, but I figured I’d blog about it anyway.

Firstly, to the wonderful ladies who spent not an inconsiderable amount of time organising it – thank you.  You did a fantastic job.  The venue was fabulous and perfectly located.  The choices for key [...]

letter from the dodo fairy

The Girl hasn’t had her Dodo in nearly 2 years.

The Dodo fairy visited The Girl when she started nursery and it didn’t really seem like a massive thing at the time.

The Hot Geek and I made a really big deal of her being such a big girl now she was at nursery that [...]

just tidy the f&%king puzzle away!

Me: Could you tidy your puzzle away and put your shoes please.

The Girl: *silence*

Me: Could you put your puzzle away and put your shoes on. Please.

The Girl: *silence*

Me: Put. Your. Puzzle. Away. And. Put. Your. Shoes. On.

The Girl: *glares at me*

Me: I said

and then she interrupts me

The [...]

speak no evil

 

I spent months teaching The Girl to speak when she was young.

Here are just four reasons why I wished I hadn’t bothered:

One:

To the checkout lady in Asda whilst I’m packing the shopping: D’you know, my mummy makes me do the hoovering at home while she drinks wine.

The poor woman [...]

and then you were there…. my birth story

At exactly 19:42 on Thursday 16th March 2006 I became a mother.

And my world as I knew it changed forever.

I’ve never written about my pregnancy and labour before but I have read the birth stories of many others.

So, in honour of my gorgeous daughters 5th birthday today, here is our story

making her happy

 

Diva has worn this pink wig all day.

I’ll be honest with you, when she told me that she wanted to wear it this morning: I didn’t love the idea.

At all.

Besides the fact that it’s as matted as hell, it’s got a shitty purple bow in it which clashes with the [...]

clearing the air

You may (or may not) have noticed that I took down my last post about why I hate the school run.

The reason I wrote that post, the thing that really bloody niggled at me, the thing that prompted the rant has (as far as I’m concerned) been resolved. A conversation has been had. I’ve [...]